Academic Discussion Series (WiP)

Works-in-Progress (WiP) is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place at the new office of CRRC at Chkhikvadze St. 1. It is co-organized by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC). All of the talks are free and open to the public.

The purpose of the WiP series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.

If you would like to present at one of the W-i-P sessions, please contact: mariam.kobaladze@crrccenters.org

On July 19, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 18th talk of the Spring/Summer 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Foreign Fighters: Why Individuals Travel to Fight”.
On July 5, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 16th talk of the Spring/Summer 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “The ties that bind (until they don’t): Political Networks and Regime Transformation in Georgia”.
On June 28, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils present the 15th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Prison Reforms and Prison Riots: Exploring Resistance to Change in Post-Soviet Prisons” by Gavin Slade, University of Glasgow.
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 14th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Tbilisi Metro: Modeling Passenger Flows and Capacity based on Incomplete Data”, presented by Giorgi Babunashvili, CRRC-Georga/Urban Lab.
On June 14, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 13th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on Linguistic Minority Rights in Georgia and the State Educational System: Contradictions and Progress in Recent Years by Jean-François Juneau,…
On June 7, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 12th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Bilingual in Brooklyn: Georgian as a Heritage Language in America” by Cass Lowry – CUNY, The Graduate Center.
On May 31, 2017, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 11th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Being Elite in a Soviet Way” by Tea Kamushadze, Tbilisi State University.
On May 10, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 9th talk of the Spring 2017 Works-in-Progress series on “Calling for Unity in the Caucasus 1917-1921: The Georgian National Democrats in 1917” by Sarah Slye, Title VIII Combined Language…